The value of human and machine in machine-generated creative contents

TL;DR

This paper emphasizes that machine-generated creative content's value stems from both human interpretation and machine capabilities, highlighting the importance of human grounding in reality for meaningful creativity.

Contribution

It clarifies the joint role of humans and machines in generating creative content, challenging the notion that machines alone possess true creativity.

Findings

Machine-generated content relies on human interpretation for meaningfulness.

Grounding in reality is essential for the value of creative outputs.

Creativity is a collaborative achievement of humans and machines.

Abstract

The seemingly "imagination" and "creativity" from machine-generated contents should not be misattributed to the accomplishment of machine. They are accomplishments of both human and machine. Without human interpretation, the machine-generated contents remain in the imaginary space of the large language models, and cannot automatically establish grounding in the reality and human experience.